Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators have said. (AP/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/ns9ek Updated 07 June 2022 MOHAMMED […]
OpinionPalestinian territories Anonymous Google and Amazon workers We cannot support our employer’s decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians Tue 12 Oct […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published23.03.2019 Runners pass by the Israeli separation barrier during the Palestine Marathon, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AFP Photo) The seventh […]
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Apr 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES GAZA — Monday should have been Hussein Madi’s 14th birthday. Instead, his family sat mourning him in a tent in […]
Jul 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Last Friday, there was an attack in Jerusalem. Three Israeli Palestinian young men opened fire on Israeli forces near Bab Al Asbat, the gate in the Jerusalem Old City wall that leads to Al Haram Al Sharif. Two Israeli officers were killed, […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Palestinian Muslims pray outside the old city walls after Israeli police block access to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday, July 14, 2017. (AA Photo) For the first time in 50 years, Friday prayers were not observed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after Israel closed […]
UN’s cultural arm votes 12 to three — with six abstentions — in a secret ballot to give heritage status to Hebron An Israeli border policeman stands guard as […]
Anyone who’s visited the West Bank these past few years, looked at the Jewish colonies built on stolen Arab land, witnessed the occupation and the filth of Gaza and observed its brutal Hamas militia leaders – and realised that Netanyahu will soon be the most left-wing member of his increasingly […]
Oct 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The recent interception of Zaytouna-Oliva boat by Israeli naval units in international waters off the coast of Gaza is another demonstration of Israel’s blatant disregard for peaceful gestures from Palestinians and their supporters to end the decades-long suffering of the people under occupation […]
Jun 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Entire communities in the West Bank either have no access to water or have had their water supply reduced almost by half. This alarming development has been taking place for weeks, since Israel’s national water company, “Mekorot”, decided to cut off — […]
Tens of thousands of Palestinians left without access to safe drinking water in sweltering heat Peter Yeung @ptr_yeung Israel has cut off the water supply to large areas of the West Bank, […]
Jan 30,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used strong words against Israel’s latest plan to build yet 153 more housing units in the West Bank during a recent UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East. The UN head criticised Israel’s settlement activities, calling them “provocative […]
Jan 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab If the Obama administration’s prediction that 2016 will fail to witness the birth of the Palestinian state proves true, then this year should be dedicated to leadership transition. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 81, needs to hand in his long-awaited resignation and Palestinians at […]
Jan 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel marked the 51st anniversary of the first resistance action of the ruling Palestinian Fateh movement by handing over to the Palestinians 23 bodies of mainly young men slain during “lone-wolf Intifada” — which has nothing to do with Fateh. Fateh leaders refer […]
July 07, 2012 12:57 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star LEBANON I have spent the last three days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, participating in the Presbyterian Church-USA’s consideration of resolutions on Middle Eastern and peacemaking issues. Most notably, this includes a call for the church to divest its shares […]